Hi Everyone!!!

I am so excited to launch my new online dog training community, Savvy City Dog! I haven't released it to the public quite yet, but I am now offering training to Good Dog DC clients via SCD.

Also, my [email protected] and [email protected] emails are not always reliable these days. The best way to reach me is via my new site at [email protected] 

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Thank you for checking out our website! I'm pregnant and not accepting new clients at this time through spring 2019.

I'll be taking this time to enjoy my pregnancy, help current clients finish out their training packages, and to focus on some personal and career goals. I hope to see you all in 2019! Thanks

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Opening the studio space has been an amazing journey over the last two years. I am so thankful for my friends, family, colleagues and our clients, the entire Good Dog DC family, that has made the studio such a successful and positive place.

As some of you have probably guessed, the reason for closing is March is that I am turning a chapter in my own life journey - becoming a human mom! And, while I would love to keep open...

This is the PERFECT weather to get outside and practice training in distracting and novel environments.  It's also just beautiful weather to get out and exercise yourself and your dog.  We'll be hiking this weekend for sure, what about you?

Lots of people ask us when they should stop crating their puppy.  Our advice is always to be conservative!  Most puppies are not reliable enough to leave uncrated until they are about 1 year.  Many dogs need to be crated until they are 2 years.  

We recommend having your puppy sleep in a closed crate.  Also, be sure to give your puppy alone time in the crate even when you are home.  This helps to maintain boundaries and independence, as well as ...

So, now that we are battling the never-ending winter, exercise challenges are facing us all!  Signs that your dog might be under exercised - constant barking, whining, jumping, pulling on the leash, intensified separation anxiety, increased reactivity to other dogs or people, increased fearful behavior, and th...

If you haven’t discovered by now, I LOVE crate training! This is one of my all-time favorite commands. It is really just a modified version of place training, which I also love.

Why does crate training work? It gives you a way to easily manage your dog when visitors come over, it is a low-stress way to transport and travel with your dog, it allows you to bring your dog to places but keep her contained and out of the way. Crate training is a must!

Well, I am going to try to be better about writing regular blogs!  This one's going to have to be quick, but check out me and Max on a recent snow day that we had.  What are some of the ways you've been exercising your dog in the cold?

With summer here in full swing, and temperatures up in 90s today and tomorrow, that leaves many of us with active dogs stuck on what to do to keep them busy! Here are a few tips that might help satisfy your dog and give you a break!

• Swimming – My all time...

Check out my clients, Stella and Harry, showing off their place training. Aren’t they cute?!

Place training is one of my all time favorite commands to teach. It is terrific for getting the dog away from the door when someone is coming in, it is terrific for impulse control, it is a great non-punishing way to bre...